Reeling machine



K. S. JOHNSON REELING MACHINE Dec. 8, 1931'.

Filed March 19, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. fivrne/Y JlfQI/So/fi A TTORNEYS,

Dec. 8, 1931. K, s, JOHNSON 1,835,495

- REELING MACHINE Filed March 19, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 ATTORNEYS.

Patented Dec. 8, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE KENNETH S. JOHNSON, OF SAYLESVILLE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO SAYLES FINISHING- PLANTS, INC., 013 SAYLESVILLE, RHODE ISLAND, A. CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND REELING MACHINE Application filed March 19, 1930. Serial No. 436,997.

This invention relates to a machine for winding or reeling Web material, and is particularly adapted for use for a web of cloth after the same has been processed or finished.

The object of this invention is to provide a machine which is adapted for use in winding the web in a single thickness or doubling the web upon itself by folding it in the middle and reeling it, either of which operations may be performed on the machine by a simple movement of the table over which said operations are performed.

A further object of the invention is to provide an operating table which may be reversed by a pivotal mounting thereof so as to convert the machine by a swinging on its pivotal mounting from a single thickness web winding machine to a doubling and rolling machine or vice versa, depending upon the use to which the same is desired to be put, the interchanging operation being accomplished without detachment or removal of any of-the operating arts.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a tensioning means which may be manually adjusted to vary thetension on the web as it is drawn over the table and which will remain in adjusted position without clamping.

Vith these and other objects and advantageous features in view, the invention consists of a novel arrangement of'parts more fully disclosed in the detailed description following, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and more particularly set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a central sectional view of the machine constructed in accordance with this invention Fig. 2 is a sectionalview looking down on the top of the table;

Fig. 3 is a section through the pivotal mounting of the table with the operating parts carried by the table, omitted;

Fig. 4 is a view on a larger scale than the previous figures and showing the path of travel of the cloth in the doubling operation;

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic View illustrating the travel of the cloth looking at the machine from the opposite side from that shown in I Figure 1;

Fig. 6 is a'perspective view of the tensioning mechanism before it is adjustably mounted. v

In finishing textile cloth, the same is usually wound about flat cores, either of a single thickness of cloth or a double thickness of cloth with the two selvage edges together and creased in the center; in one case the package being longer and thinner, and in the other case the package being shorter and thicker for the same amount of material contained therein. It has been usual in the constructing of machines for accomplishing this winding operation to construct one machine for the single reeling operation, and another machine for the doubling and reeling operation whereupon it has been necessary at finishing plants to have an equipment of a sufficient number of machines of each type, in order that suflicient equipment may be had for filling of orders either by single thickness roll or double thickness rolling whichever happens to be desired by the purchaser.

The two types of machines used were not interchangeable, the drive shafts were different, the gears were difierently placed, the idler rolls and their mountings were not so situated as to allow such interchanging, and in order to change a machine of one type to the other type mentioned, it was necessary to practically rebuild the changed machine.

This invention is for a machine which may by a simple operation be changed from a machine of one type mentioned to a machine of the other, which I have accomplished by pivotally mounting the table upon which the doubling blades and guide roller are mounted so that the doubling mechanism may be either placed uppermost or beneath the table sur face, while the opposite surface of the table is adapted to permit of a single thickness rolling operation; and the following is a detailed description of the preferred means by which these advantageous results may be performed With reference to the drawings, Figure 1 shows the frame of the machine provided with feet 10 and uprights 11 which are ar- Cit ranged generally in pairs with cross beams 12 for holding them in the desired assembled relation. Upon this frame there is rotatably mounted a reeling device consisting of blades 13 and a shaft 14 which is rotated by means of gears 15 and 16, thelatter of which is suitably driven through the tight and loose pulleys 63 and 64 mounted on shaft 14.

The web of material to be reeled, as illustrated at 17, is drawn over the sandpaper covered counting roll 18 from the idler rolls 19' and 20 which receive the material from over the table. The counting roll 18 is connected by worm 21, worm gear 22, and shaft 23, to operate a counting mechanism having a dial 24 and pointer 25 located to be easily observed by the operator who stands at the front A (Figure 1) of the machine.

The supply of web material is contained on a beam 26 and passes over the idler roller 27 through'tension mechanism 28 and over the top of the table 29 where it is delivered either directly to the rolls 20 and 19 (not illustrated in the drawings) or is doubled by suitable doubling means, illustrated generally at 30, as illustrated in Figure 1 and presently described more specifically.

The tensioning means consists of a plurality of bars, here illustrated for convenience as three, a middle or intermediate bar 31, and side bars 32 which are rigidly secured to the bar 31 by means of support and spacing members 33 ateither end thereof. These bars are parallel throughout their length and are mounted along the front of the table 29, as illustrated in Figures 1, 4 and 5, at right angles to the direction of travel of the web. In order that the web may be tensioned in its travel, it is passed between the bars 32 and 31 in the spaces 35 and 36 by weaving it through these bars, and in order that the tension on the web caused by these bars may be varied, the bars are rotatably mounted about the middle or intermediate bar 31 as an aXis which middle bar is extended to pass through the bearing 37 and upon which is mounted a worm gear 38 operated by a worm 39 and hand lever 40 so as to move the bars 32 about the bar 31 to bear a greater or lesser amount upon the web travelling therethrough and thus vary the tension which is applied to it. By use of the worm and worm gear, the tension device will remain in its set position without clamping mechanism.

The table 29 is mounted between the frame portions 41 at either side thereof, by means of a pivot pin 42 supported in brackets which permits the table to be swung to present uppermost either its surface 43, which carries no web manipulating mechanism, or its surface 44 which has a doubling mechanism mounted thereon and is clamped in either of these desired positions by four coneshaped sockets 45 and screw-threaded correspondingly cone-shaped studs 46 located adjacent the corners of the table, which, upon being forced to a seat, properly align the table with the frame portions 41 and locate the doubling mechanism which must be very accurately positioned with reference to the other working parts in order that the two selvage edges will meet and maintain the end of the bolt or package in alignment when finished. The table is of a size to clear the tensioning means 28 mounted as at 47 on the frame parts 41 and also clear the reeling device 13 above this table when it is swung from one position to the other.

The doubling mechanism consists of the usual form of bars supported above the table and consist of a diagonal bar 48 positioned at 45 degrees to the direction of travel of the web, and a second bar 49 also at 45 degrees to the travel of the web and at 90 degrees to the bar 48. These two bars serve to reverse one-half of the web while the other half is drawn over the bar 50. The Web is shown as operating in this manner after first passing over the idler roller 51. In Figure 4, we may follow the path of the web 17 beneath the roll 27 in the direction of the arrow 52-, through tension device 28 and thence over the top of the table, which is not shown in this Figure 4, about the roller 51, as indicated by the arrow 53, thence forwardly of the machine so that the shaded portion 54 designating the under surface of the cloth in its initial travel over the table will be drawn about the bar 48, as illustrated by the arrow 55, to present its upper surface 56 which travels at right angles to the direction of travel of the web and is thence again changed in its direction to pass over the bar 49 as indicated by the arrow 57 to again travel in the direction of the general travel of the web during which time the left hand part of the web, as illustrated in Figure 4, travels, (its initial lower surface 58 being shaded) about the bar 50, as indicated by the arrow 59 and thence over the portion of the web which travels about the bar 49, as just described.

The cloth is thus doubled with its two selvages 60 and 61 meeting and by being drawn with one of its folded halves on either side of the blade 62 is firmly creased in this position after which it travels over the rolls 19 and 18 and is reeled upon a flat core mounted upon the reeling blades 13. This flat shape of a bolt of cloth is well-known in the trade.

Tension is required in the use of a machine of this character in order to regulate the pull and minimize slippage in drawing the cloth from the supply package, as the pull on the cloth is more or less intermittent, due to the flat shape of thebolt, as will be clearly understood.

From the foregoing, it will be understood that I have provided a machine which may be converted from one to the other of two now distinct machines, thereby saving floor space, investment of capital, and yet providing a device which may be converted from one type to the other by an inexperienced mechanic, the parts being all set in their fixed definite relationship, requiring only the adjustment of the positive locks for securing and aligning the table in either of its adjusted positions, and yet a machine is provided by which a most accurate adjustment of the mechanism may be obtained without skilled labor, which is vital in the doubling use of the machine Where the selvages must accurately meet, in order to provide a package which is acceptable to the trade.

While I have described certain construcs tion forms which embody the principles of my invention, it is obvious that other desired changes in arrangement may be made within the spirit and the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a machine for winding Web material, a table, means for supporting and rotating a core above said table about which the web is wound, doubling mechanism mounted on one portion of the table, another portion of the table being adapted for single thickness web winding, and means for mounting said table to permit it to be moved to present either said portion for doubling, or said portion for single thickness web winding in working position.

2. In a machine for winding web material, a table, means for supporting and rotating a core above said table about which the web is wound, doubling mechanism mounted on one portion of the table, another portion of the table being adapted for single thickness web winding, and means for mounting said table on an axis parallel to the rotation of said core to move either of said table portions into working position.

3. In a machine for winding web material, a table, means for supporting and rotating a core above said table about which the web is wound, doubling mechanism mounted on one portion of the table, another portion of the table being adapted for single thickness web winding, trunnions extending from the table parallel to the axis of rotation of said core, frame portions extending along said table having sockets to receive said trunnions, whereby said table may be swung to convert the machine from a double winding to a single winding machine.

4. In a machine for winding web material, a table, means for supporting and rotating a core above said table about which the web is wound, doubling mechanism mounted on one side of the table and the opposite side of the table being adapted for single thickness web winding, and means for pivotally mounting said table to permit it to be swung to move said doubling means into or out of working position, whereby said machine may be converted from one use to another.

5. In a machine for winding web material, a table, means for supporting and rotating a core above said table about which the web is wound, doubling blades and a guide roll mounted on one side of the table and the opposite side of the table being adapted for single thickness web winding, and means for pivotally mounting said table to permit it to be swung to move said doubling means into working position or the surface of said table adapted for plane winding, whereby said machine may be converted from one use to another.

6. In a machine for winding web material, a table, means for supporting and rotating a core above said table about Which the web is wound, doubling mechanism mounted on one portion of the table, another portion of the table being adapted for single thickness web winding, means for mounting said table to permit it to be moved to present either said doubling or single thickness web winding in working position, and means for aligning said table in either of said working positions with the relatively non-movable portion of the machine.

7. In a machine for winding web material, a table, means for supporting and rotating acore above said table about which the web is wound, doubling mechanism mounted on one side of the table and the opposite side of the table being adapted for single thickness web winding, means for pivotally mounting said table to permit it to be swung to move said doubling means or the surface adapted for single thickness winding in working position, whereby said machine may be converted from one use to another, frame portions extending along said table, and means carried by said frame portion and table for aligning said table and frame portion in either of the working positions of said table.

8. In a machine for winding web material, a table, means for supporting and rotating a core above said table about which the web is wound, doubling mechanism mounted on one side of the table and the opposite side of the table being adapted for single thickness web winding, means for pivotally mounting said table to permit it to be swung to move said doubling means into working position or said opposite surface in working position, whereby said machine may be converted from one use to another, frame portions extending along said table, and means carried by said frame portion and table consisting of a cone socket in said table and a correspondingly shaped stud member on said frame for engagement to align said table in working position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

KENNETH S. JOHNSON. 

